Scatochresis episema
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Scatochresis |
| Species: | S. episema |
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| Scatochresis episema (Meyrick, 1883)[1] | |
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Scatochresis episema is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is known from New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.
Adults have grey or brown forewings with black marks all over them.[2]
The larvae feed on the mammal scat of Phascolarctos cinereus.
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